Forgot to ask....(see my post above) Do you think $500 is a fair price to pay? She sent pics of some of the embroidery she's done on the machine and it looks very nice. Just not sure yet what I want to do. $500 is a lot for me especially so close to Christmas. So many others to get Christmas presents for.....kids, grands, DH, friends. I don't need an embroidery machine, but it would be great for the g/kids clothes and gifts etc.